Hynes, who was named coach Tuesday after the Predators fired coach Peter Laviolette and associate coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday, was 9-13-4 with the New Jersey Devils this season before he was fired on Dec. 3. The Bruins are 0-1-2 in their past three games and 4-5-6 in their past 15 games.
Players to watch
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in a 10-game point streak. Predators defenseman Roman Josi has 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in a 10-game point streak.
They said it
"I think that we're all trying to make that right play at the right time. It's not always going to happen. We're always going to push and strive for the positive result and the two points, but I think that we've been in those close games where some of the games we inflicted those mistakes on our end and some nights we played solid games and probably deserved to win those games." -- Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara "I'm very excited to be able to work with this team. Having the opportunity to coach in the League and coach against Nashville and have a lot of prior relationships with people who know [Predators general manager David Poile] and [assistant general manager Jeff Kealty] and the organization in general, they've put together an excellent hockey team." -- Predators coach John Hynes
Ritchie likely will play in place of Nordstrom. … Bonino did not participate in the morning skate.
Stat pack
Pastrnak and Josi are tied for the longest current point streak in the NHL. … Rask is 4-1-2 with a 2.30 goals-against average and .919 save percentage in nine games against the Predators. … Rinne is 7-3-1 with a 2.31 GAA and .927 save percentage in 11 games against the Bruins. … Smith has 11 points (eight goals, three assists) in his past nine games. … Marchand has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past six games.
